Scientists Decipher The Neurological Basis Of Timely Movement
Friday, June 6, 2008 - 10:35
in Psychology & Sociology
Surprisingly, the way we interact with the world is not a simple matter of sensing and then reacting. Our sensory systems are far too slow, placing everything we sense a little bit in the past. Scientists have now uncovered the trick the brain uses to get around this, providing the first neural evidence that voluntary limb movements are guided by our brain's prediction of what will happen an instant into the future.